Carapa procera, called African crabwood, is a species of tree in the genus Carapa, native to the West African tropics and to the Amazon rainforest, and introduced to Vietnam.

[2] Some authorities have split off the South American population into its own species, Carapa surinamensis.

[3] The nuts are intensively collected in the wild for their oil, a non-timber forest product.

[4] In tropical Africa, the species is increasingly threatened.

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